Virtual Grief

摘要

The advent of social media has altered the communication of relationships in myriad ways. High school friends-lost years before to different colleges, cross-country moves, and growing families-return to contact via social networks. Communally speaking, social media relationships are held together by seemingly random posts about trips to the grocery store or a night at the movies that lead to days of commentary from family, friends, and acquaintances. More seriously, social media also appear to change the ways we grieve with one another, our communal expression and ritual of grief.